| WV | HB5043 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to revise and/or establish requirements, prohibitions and regulation of foreign principals or agents of foreign principals, lobbying by or on behalf of such foreign principals or their agents, and to establish criminal lia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | HB5280 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Short Line Railroad Modernization Act and tax credit allowed and credit limitations for short line railroad companies in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | HB4706 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create the utility pole rights-of-way and easement mapping initiative; to require pole owners to provide information to the Department of Economic Development to map the poles; required the Department of Economic Develo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB798 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to describe Distressed Utilities Accounts and requiring utilities to hold at least 1/8 capital reserve to be eligible to request additional state funding.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB801 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish a tax on the production of electricity from wind and solar collection for distribution to the counties to be distributed to the volunteer fire departments in that county.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB808 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide a onetime allocation of $100,000 to the Flatwater Trail Commission by the Economic development promotion and closing fund to be used solely for travel expenses and promotion of flat water trails in West Virginia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB781 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to increase the size of matching grants for local economic development from $30,000 to $50,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | HB4704 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to establish Infrastructure Ready Jurisdictions; establish rulemaking; and award an additional five percent preferential scoring for projects within these jurisdictions on all permissible grants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB678 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the premises of the United States Armed Forces or the West Virginia National Guard are not a public service for purposes of the jurisdiction of the West Virginia Public Service Commissioner when receiving e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB638 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create a community solar program where subscribers can purchase an interest in a solar facility and use credits against their electric utility costs; establishing parameters and conditions for the program; and providing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB604 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Short Line Railroad Modernization Act and tax credit allowed and credit limitations for short line railroad companies in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB594 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require that all appropriations that exceed $1 million to any single private business entity must be brought as a stand-alone bill to both the House of Delegates and the Senate, prohibiting either the House of Delegates...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB565 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize application of the manufacturing investment tax credit and the manufacturing property tax adjustment credit against personal income tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB552 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to change the threshold jobs creation number from 300 to 50; and to making stylistic changes, which authorizes an exemption for qualified purchases of computers and computer software, primary material handling equipment, r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB490 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that West Virginia follows a market-based approach to municipal business and occupation taxation, in line with rulings of the Supreme Court of the United States recognizing that the national economy has changed ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB382 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require exhibitors of motion pictures who operate two or more theatres in more than one location in this state to provide open captioning during at least two showings per week of each motion picture that is produced and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB413 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to properly reflect the Department responsible for the administration of the rails to trails program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB270 | Intro
25% | Establishing road or highway infrastructure improvement projects or coal production and processing facilities tax credit
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB229 | Intro
25% | Relating to proceeds and application of hotel occupancy tax
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
